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Malakshanova V. Beliefs and rituals in the life support system of the Barguzin and Okhotsk Evenks at the end of the 20th — early 21st century

Victoria Malakshanova
Library of Legal and Economic Information
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
ORCID: 0000-0003-4515-7266
E-mail: malak2801@mail.ru

 

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ABSTRACT. The Evenks, in the course of settling over a vast territory and adapting to the environment, created a wide range of local life support options. Many of the local groups have not been sufficiently studied. From this point of view, the description of the modern Evenks life support models is relevant. An important component of the life support system is ritual activity that satisfies the spiritual needs of the people and contributes to the preservation of the environment and its resources. The traditional beliefs and rituals of two Evenki groups: the Murchens, cattle breeders (horse breeders) of the Barguzin Valley of the Republic of Buryatia, and the reindeer herders of the Okhotsk Coast of the Khabarovsk Territory, are considered. Despite the differences in natural and climatic conditions, economic activities, and the influence of neighboring peoples, they adhere to common traditional Evenki beliefs and rituals: the cult of the ancestral shaman, the hunting rite, the rite of worship of the owners of the area, the Ulganni rite, the cult of fire. The article is prepared on the basis of the author’s field materials from the expeditions to the Okhotsk Evenks in the Tuguro-Chumikansky district of the Khabarovsk Territory in 2017, 2018, 2022; to the Ayano-Maysky district of the Khabarovsk Territory in 2015, and to the Barguzin Evenks in the Kurumkansky district of the Republic of Buryatia in 2012, 2020, 2022.

 

KEYWORDS: the Evenks, local groups, life support system, religious beliefs, rituals.

 

FOR CITATION: Malakshanova V. Beliefs and Rituals in the life support system of the Barguzin and Okhotsk Evenks at the End of the 20th — Early 21st century. Kunstkamera. 2023. 1(19): 28–36. (In Russian). doi 10.31250/2618-8619-2023-1(19)-28-36 

 

DOI 10.31250/2618-8619-2023-1(19)-28-36
УДК 39(=512.212)

 

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